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From the Globe and Mail

Natives' frustration with Ottawa threatens to boil over

BILL CURRY - April 7, 2008

OTTAWA -- Smiling photo ops with aboriginals across the country have been a regular occurrence throughout the first two years of the Harper government.

Land claims have been signed, a residential-schools deal has been reached and new water-treatment facilities have been unveiled with much federal fanfare.

The world premier of Older Than America (www.olderthanamerica.com) shown

at the 2008 South by Southwest Fim Festival (http://2008.sxsw.com/film)

Director: Georgina Lightning

Cast: Adam Beach, Tantoo Cardinal, Bradley Cooper, Georgina Lightning, Wes Studi, Steve Yoakum, Chris Mulkey, Glen Gould, Dennis Banks, Gloria Eshkibok

Runtime: 102 minutes

From the Winnipeg Sun

Aboriginals to be hit hard by climate change: UN report

By Canadian Press - April 3, 2008

TORONTO -- Aboriginal communities in Canada and around the world will be among the most gravely affected by the effects of climate change, and more attention should be paid to changes in their traditional ways of life to help gauge the onset of global warming, United Nations researchers said yesterday.

The successful inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand (March 26 - 28, 2008).

From http://witbc.org/witbn.htm

Indigenous TV Broadcasters to Form Global Network

A global network of indigenous television broadcasters will be a major outcome of the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference hosted by Māori Television at the end of March.

Attention to all Indigenous Peoples: Inuit, Metis, & First Nations!!

A message from Alice Olsen Williams, Quilter, Anishinaape of the Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario

There is a two page overview of the NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS (.NAI) proposal for a cultural and linguistic top-level domain in the current (ca 2008/9) ICANN new gTLD rounds. The overview can be seen at http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2008/04/004460.html (Wampum).

From the Canadian Press

Tories delay healing as wait drags on for native truth-telling panel: critics

OTTAWA — Critics say the federal Conservatives are taking too long to officially apologize and launch a truth-and-reconciliation commission on native residential schools.

From the Business Edge

First Nations lag behind in connectivity - Service providers urged to improve services to remote communities

By Monte Stewart - Business Edge - 04/04/2008 - Vol. 8, No. 7

Canada's telecom and broadband-service companies should be providing better connectivity to First Nations reserves, particularly those in remote areas, says a communications professor.

 Nishnawbe Aski Nation Press Release

NAN suspends Northern Table until KI leadership released

     THUNDER BAY, ON, April 3 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy announced today a unanimous decision of support for Kitchenuhumaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) leadership by NAN Chiefs-in-Assembly and the decision by NAN to suspend bilateral discussions with the Government of Ontario regarding lands and resources until the immediate and unconditional release of KI Chief and Council currently serving a six month jail sentence.

From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights